Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	lead_v	scripture_n	spirit_n	6,729	5	5.9292	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35943	A brief explication of the last fifty Psalmes from Ps. 100 to the end / by David Dickson ...	Dickson, David, 1583?-1663.	1654 (1654)	Wing D1394A; ESTC R31324	283,150	402

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